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BOOKLET PREFACE & LINK

The Bunya Gathering was arguably the largest and most infuential Indigenous gathering in Australia.

It engaged a great slice of Australia, not only during its occurrence, but at all times. This is because even back at home, attendees were busy creating corroborees and crafts that would be shared at the event. They also looked forward to – or perhaps dreaded - the marriage arrangements, judicial decisions and ceremonies that would be made at that spot. Finally, they spent weeks to months simply journeying there and back – often conducting further ‘business’ (ceremonies etc.) en route.

Despite the Bunya Gathering’s immense importance, not much is known of its format or content, as very few whites had the privilege of attending. This booklet compiles a number of accounts of bunya gatherings, as found in early writings – mostly by whites, though where possible I have included Indigenous accounts also. It is difficult to be exhaustive. The current booklet largely collects memories published in early newspapers, and various Firsthand accounts from published and archival sources.

I have organised these under headings relating to their main theme. The concept is to provide somewhat of a sourcebook for reconstructing a “living image” of what the Bunya Gatherings were like a century ago and earlier. As far as possible, I have tried to let the quotes speak for themselves.

Where necessary, I have needed to add some explanations or comments.

The purpose of this little document is to help raise awareness of the amazing event that was and is the Bunya Gathering

"The blacks would never by any chance cut a bon-yi, affirming that to do so would injure the tree ... (When father attempted to cut a notch in a bunya tree) "...they almost cried in their distress, saying the tree would die of its wounds." - CC Petrie, Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland.

Several Dreaming stories involving the bunya tree – its battle with the coastal cypress; forming a bridge to Mudjimba Island, and falling in love with the blue quandong.

MUCH MORE HERE (Including PDF Download): http://tiny.cc/kg6rsz

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